Institutions: top down or bottom up?

William Easterly

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Abstract: A large research program in economics has established a persuasive link between institutions and economic development. But what does this imply for development policymaking? Can a political leader or aid agency seeking to promote development readily change institutions? This article starts off wildly general, and then moves to specifics.

Keywords: institutions; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-05
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Published in American Economic Review 98.2(2008): pp. 95-99

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